Ziyi Zhang Quotes
Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
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I won't allow myself to have tremendous fear.
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I have ideas that I think might be amusing, and I try them, and if they look right, I carry them out, and if they don't, I throw them out and try something else. I don't agonize about it.
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If I really believe that visual representation and narrative are ways to convey important, complex ideas, and if the world is gravitating toward this form, then geez, I better do it myself. I want to do it myself.
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I do movies that I would like to go and see. I think that's a good barometer of how I choose films. I like going to these movies. Our job is to make sure the audience gets their $16 worth. That's my job.
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But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.
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I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.
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I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
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I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.
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I allow myself to fail. I allow myself to break. I'm not afraid of my flaws.
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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I consider myself to have one of the greatest voices in the industry.
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I think that, as athletes, sometimes we have the opportunities to make an impact. When it's authentic, I think there's room to share your opinion in an appropriate way.
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I think because Sport Lux has come in and leisure wear is a new thing, girls can sneak in hoodies and leggings and so on where they wouldn't normally - it has been proper legitimate fashion.
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The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.
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You know, I have a lot of books on my iPad, but when I try to read them, I find myself wandering off to play games. Those are books I'm interested in. I can't imagine what would have happened to me in college if my biology class had been on the same computer as 'Words With Friends' and 'Doom.'
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Sometimes when I'm at my desk, I'll realize that I have contorted myself completely, and I haven't moved for hours, and that my legs have fallen asleep. I am elsewhere, not in my body, not in the room, not in my house.
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I got completely fed up with that Hollywood blockbuster mentality. I couldn't take it seriously any longer.
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Dreams take you beyond what you think you can do in life.
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It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.
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I cap myself when I shop; I don't like to spend extravagant amounts on clothes. But, I do get lent clothes for events, it's scary to wear something so expensive, but I feel really pampered.
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We have a couple of dogs, but I wouldn't describe myself as an animal person.
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Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
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How very different it would be to live somewhere where people weren't afraid to reveal themselves, where emotion was prized instead of hidden.
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Even though I've done Hollywood films, I still don't think of myself as a Hollywood actress.
